Peter Ratcliffe founder of LEGENDS IN TIME, renowned F1 collector, historic racing driver and entrepreneur has fulfilled a personal ambition to design, produce and market his own brand of watch, the Stirling Moss 80.

Ascot, Berkshire -- (SBWire) -- 08/24/2010 -- Racing enthusiast and car fanatic from the age of four, Peter Ratcliffe founded ‘Legends in Time’ 22 years ago as the first dedicated company to sell F1 Racing Memorabilia. In 1992 Peter put together the first ever charity F1 memorabilia auction where he obtained a huge collection of personal effects from the F1 drivers including suits, helmets & trophies, together with the late greats Ayrton Senna and Juan Manuel Fangio raising £125,000 for Great Ormond Street. Peter has also been involved in sponsoring many of the sporting legends including Sir Stirling Moss, the Silk Cut Jaguar drivers at Le Mans and World Championship winner Damon Hill.

As the ‘Legends in Time’ business continues to evolve releasing new exciting and ground breaking products. Peter’s latest vision was to produce a unique, high quality wristwatch with investment and collectible potential and practicality that people could proudly own and enjoy.

Now after two years of research, design and manufacturing - historic racing driver and designer Peter is proud to release this quality time piece the STIRLING MOSS 80 the first ever wristwatch where each and every watch face is personally signed in this case by Sir Stirling Moss.

Only 80 pieces in white and 80 in black face will be created for the WORLD market and each face will be hand signed by Sir Stirling therefore the investment potential is guaranteed for collectors and admirers of this Iconic Englishman.

Peter is not only a close personal friend of Sir Stirling and Lady Moss but also his main sponsor. When designing his first watch Peter wanted to Celebrate Stirling's milestone 80th birthday year to launch the first model.

The Stirling Moss 80 features a Swiss Valjoux movement which has been installed in some of the worlds leading brands for over 20 years with a proven record of reliability, accuracy and durability which has been used by IWC and Breitling and other leading watch companies and comes with a 2 year guarantee.

The limited issue of this watch combined with its quality pedigree and originality makes this a very rare watch indeed with positive investment credentials however unlike many rare watches this is a working watch and each one is totally unique!

Since releasing the watches at Goodwood in July almost half the collection has now been sold and other projects are soon to be announced and released.

Priced at an affordable £2795 / $4350 the second half of the collection is expected to sell out soon.

Prices are subject to change as the series sells out.

For further information or to order your watch visit http://www.legendsintime.co.uk

Quotes:

Peter Ratcliffe, Owner and founder of LEGENDS IN TIME

"I always felt I wanted to design and produce a watch that was beautiful yet rugged which was completely practical and easy to use but quality is something I have always insisted on and is something Legends In Time are renowned for and rightly proud of.”

STIRLING MOSS 80 - WATCH SPECIFICATION

A German stainless steel case manufactured to the highest quality.
4 function chronometer movement with calendar and luminous hands.
German hand crafted leather straps designed by Peter and based on the steering wheel of an E-Type Jaguar (a car which Peter has raced together with Sir Stirling in 2001).
Complete with 3 straps in Black, Brown and tan as well as a tool to change straps at your leisure.
Each watch is numbered 1 to 80 with Stirlings birth date engraved to the rear and his name on the side of each case.
Each and every face is HAND signed by Stirling before being installed to the case.
Each presentation and storage box inside cover is also signed by Stirling.
Each moment is then tested for 3 days for accuracy and reliability and fully guaranteed for a 2 year period.
Saphire glass to the front and also the flyback rear.

BACKGROUND

Peter Ratcliffe – 56 founder of ‘Legends in Time’

Peter Ratcliffe founder of LEGENDS IN TIME, renown F1 collector, historic racing driver and entrepreneur has fulfilled a personal ambition to design, produce and market his own brand of watch, the Stirling Moss 80.

Racing enthusiast and car fanatic from the age of 4 years old, Peter Ratcliffe founded ‘Legends in Time’ 22 years ago as the first dedicated company to sell F1 Racing Memorabilia. In 1992 Peter put together the first ever F1 memorabilia auction where he obtained many exclusive personal effects of the F1 drivers including, suits, helmets, trophies, wheels even their personal watches to sell raising £125,000 for Great Ormond Street Hospital. Peter has also been involved in sponsoring many of the sporting legends including Sir Stirling Moss, the Silk Cut Jaguar drivers at Le Mans and World Championship winner Damon Hill. The ‘Legends in Time’ empire grew to open two galleries in the late 90’s producing a range of commemorative helmets as well as a huge range of signed art. Now the operation runs purely via the internet from the companies base in Ascot, Berkshire in the UK